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Reproduction of this publication in any form without prior written permission is forbidden.

 

Thesaurus

Merriam-Webster's Thesaurus
http://merriam-webster.com/

 

Encyclopedia

Grolier Online
http://go.grolier.com
Ask Mrs. Austin for the user name and password.

 

World Book Online
http://www.worldbookonline.com
Ask Mrs. Austin for the user name and password.

 

SIRS Discoverer
http://discoverer.sirs.com
Ask Mrs. Austin for the user name and password.

Fact Monster Encyclopedia
http://www.factmonster.com/encyclopedia.html

 

Almanac

World Almanac
http://www.2facts.com/formslogin.asp?db=wa
Ask Mrs. Austin for the user name and password.

Fact Monster Almanac
http://www.factmonster.com/almanacs.html

 

infoplease Almanac
http://www.infoplease.com/almanacs.html

 

Atlas (Maps)

CultureGrams
http://online.culturegrams.com
Ask Mrs. Austin for the user name and password.

 

Fact Monster Atlas
http://www.factmonster.com/atlas/index.html

 

National Geographic Atlas
http://nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas/

 

Biographies

TeachingBooks.net
(Information on authors and literature)
http://www.teachingbooks.net/signin.cgi
Ask Mrs. Austin for the user name and password.

 

infoplease Biographies
http://www.infoplease.com/people.html

 

Fact Monster Biographies
http://www.factmonster.com/people.html

*Be sure to use the encyclopedias to find more biographical information.

Research Process

Big6.com
http://www.big6.com/kids/

 

Citing Sources for Bibliography

Citation Machine
http://www.landmark-project.com/citation_machine/cm.php
Choose the format of your resources, type in the information of your resource and the Citation Machine will do the rest!

 

Classroom Connect - Citing Internet Sources
http://www.classroom.com/community/connection/howto/citeresources.jhtml
Need to cite an Internet resource?
This web site has a comprehensive list of Internet resources
and how to cite them.

 

Animals

Enchanted Learning
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/coloring/
Includes fun information about a variety of animals.

Sea World
http://www.seaworld.org
Includes cool facts about animals and even has a section
where you can listen to animal sounds!

 

KidsCom
http://www.kidscom.com/games/animal/animal.html
Includes fun guessing games!
It gives you fact clues and you guess the animal!

 

Languages

Rosetta Stone
http://fcpl.org/information/general/rosetta.htm
A Part of the Frederick Public Libraries!
You can learn a new language - your library card is needed for access!

 

KidSpace @ The Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/youth/hello/
Learn all kinds of different languages here!

 

EnchantedLearning.com
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/languages/Spanishdictionary.html
Includes super picture dictionaries for Spanish, Dutch, French,
German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, and Swedish!

 

Babelfish
http://babelfish.altavista.com/
Includes translations of Spanish, Dutch, French,
German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, and Swedish!